. British birds with their nests and eggs . considered these very light coloured birds tobelong to an Arctic race. Lord Lilford writes I have kept a few of these birds in confinement, butwith one exception, never succeeded in really taming them. The exception wasa most delightful bird, which would follow me about, come to whistle, and situpon and feed from my hand, but did not live long. Wheelwright, in his Spring and Summer in Lapland, states that the loud cry of the Short-earedOwl, ivau-ai(, is like the barking of a dog, and that it indulges in curious gyra-tions in the air while fl3ing over
. British birds with their nests and eggs . considered these very light coloured birds tobelong to an Arctic race. Lord Lilford writes I have kept a few of these birds in confinement, butwith one exception, never succeeded in really taming them. The exception wasa most delightful bird, which would follow me about, come to whistle, and situpon and feed from my hand, but did not live long. Wheelwright, in his Spring and Summer in Lapland, states that the loud cry of the Short-earedOwl, ivau-ai(, is like the barking of a dog, and that it indulges in curious gyra-tions in the air while fl3ing over the fells in the light summer nights that arenot unlike those of the Peewit. Family—S Tawny Owl. Svririm/i aliico, LiNN. THE Tawny Owl, Brown Owl, Red Owl, Wood Owl, or Hooter, to mentionits most familiar aliases, possesses the distinction of being the largest ofthe native English Owls, and, in most parts of the kingdom, it is still thecommonest species. It is a matter of regret that this fine Owl, and most useful iitftH ^ f. b ^ imlfm y5* I
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